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Kāmaka Kāya

Kāmaka (adj.) [fr. kāma] only — ° in neg. akāmaka unwilling, iii.264 (°nikāya); dibbā kāyā A i.143; Tāvatiṁsa° D iii.15.
undesirous D i.115; M i.163; Vin iii.13; J iv.31; cp. kāmuka. Applied meaning. — I. Kāya under the physical aspect is
an aggregate of a multiplicity of elements which finally can
Kāmaṇḍaluka (adj.) having a kamaṇḍalu (q. v.) S iv.312 cp. A
be reduced to the four "great" elements, viz. earth, water, fire,
v.263.
and air (D i.55). This "heap," in the valuation of the Wise
Kāmatā (f.) [abstr. fr. kāma] desire, longing, with noun:
(muni), shares with all other objects the qualities of such el-
viveka°... to be alone PvA 43; anattha° J iv.14; with inf. PvA
ements, and is therefore regarded as contemptible, as some-
65 (gahetu°); J iii.362 (vināsetu°); Mhvs 5, 260; DhA i.91.
thing which one has to get rid of, as a source of impurity. It is
Kāmin (adj.) [fr. kāma] 1. having kāma, i. e. enjoying plea- subject to time and change, it is built up and kept alive by crav-
sure, gratifying one's own desires in kāma-kāmin realizing all ings, and with death it is disintegrated into the elements. But
wishes; attr. of beings in one of the Sugatis, the blissful states, the kamma which determined the appearance of this physical
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of Yakkhas, Devas or Devaññataras (Pv i.3 =PvA 16), as a re- body has naturally been renewed and assumes a new form. II.
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ward for former merit; usually in comb with bhuñjāmi parib- Kāya under the psychological aspect is the seat of sensation
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hogavant (Pv iv.3 ) or as "nandino devalokasmiṁ modanti (Dhs §§ 613— 16), and represents the fundamental organ of
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kkāmino" A ii.62=It 112; Th 1, 242; J iii.154; Pv ii.1 ; Pv touch which underlies all other sensation. Developed only in
iii.1 16 (expl. "as enjoying after their hearts' content all plea- later thought DhsA. 311 cf. Mrs. Rhys Davids, Bud. Psy.
sures they can wish for"). — 2. giving kāma, i. e. benev- Ethics lvi. ff.; Bud. Psy. 143, 185 f.
olent, fulfilling people's wishes; satisfying their desires, in I. (Physical). — (a) Understanding of the body is attained
atthakāminī devatā Sn 986. — akāmakāmin passionless, dis- through introspection (sati). In the group of the four sati —
passionate Sn 1096, syn. of vītataṇhā without desire (cp. Nd 2 paṭṭhānas, the foundations of introspection, the recognition of
4). the true character of "body" comes first (see Vbh 193). The
standing formula of this recognition is kāye kāyânupassī...
Kāmuka (adj. — n.) [cp. Sk. kāmuka] desiring, loving, fond of;
contemplating body as an accumulation, on which follows the
a sweetheart, lover J v.306; Mhbv 3.
description of this aggregate: "he sees that the body is clothed
Kāmeti [den. fr. kāma] to desire, to crave, 1. to crave for any
in skin, full of all kinds of dirty matter, and that in this body
object of pleasure: Th 1, 93; J iii.154; iv.167; v.480; — 2. to
there are hair, nails, teeth," etc. (the enumeration of the 32
desire a woman, to be in love with D i.241; M ii.40; J ii.226;
ākāras, as given Kh iii.). The conclusions drawn from this
v.425; vi.307, 326, etc. — pp. kāmita in kāmita — vatthu
meditation give a man the right attitude. The formula occurs
the desired object PvA 119; VvA 122; grd. kāmitabba to
frequently, both in full and abridged, e. g. D ii.293, 294;
be desired, desirable PvA 16 (v. l. for kañña, better), 73;
iii.104, 141; A iii.323=v.109; S iv.111=v.278; Vbh 193, 194;
VvA 127; and kāmetabba J. v.156 (=kamaṇīya); ppr. (kā- Nett 83, 123; with slight variation: kāye asubhânupassī... A
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maṁ) kāmayamānassa Sn 766 (=icchamānassa, etc., Nd ); J
iii.142 sq.; v.109 (under asubhasaññā); It 81; cp. kāye an-
vi.172=Nett 69.
iccânupassī S iv.211; and kāyagatā sati. — This accumula-
Kāya [der. probably fr. ci, cinoti to heap up, cp. nikāya heaping tion is described in another formula with: ayaṁ... kāyo rūpī
up, accumulation or collection; Sk. kāya] group, heap, col- cātum(m)ahābhūtiko mātā — pettika — sambhavo odana —
lection, aggregate, body. — Definitions and synonyms. — kummās' upacayo, etc. "this body has form (i. e. is mate-
SnA 31 gives the foll. synonyms and similes of kāya: kuṭī, rial, visible), is born from mother and father, is a heap of gruel
guhā (Sn 772), deha, sandeha (Dh 148=Th 1, 20), nāvā (Dh and sour milk, is subject to constant dressing and tending, to
369), ratha (S iv.292), dhaja, vammīka (M i.144), kuṭikā (Th breaking up and decay," etc., with inferences D i.55=S iii.207;
1, 1); and at KhA 38 the foll. def.: kāye ti sarīre, sarīraṁ hi S ii.94; iv.194; v.282, 370; D i.76, 209; M i.144, 500; ii.17; A
asucisañcayato kucchitānaṁ vā kesādīnaṁ āyabhūtato kāyo ti iv.386=S iv.83.
vuccati.... It is equivalent to deha: S i.27; PvA 10; to sarīra (b) Various qualities and functions of the material body.
KhA 38; PvA 63, to nikāya (deva°) D iii.264; and cp. formula As trunk of the body (opposed to pakkhā and sīsa) S ii.231;
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of jāti: sattānaṁ tamhi tamhi sattanikāye jāti... Nd 257. also at Pv i.8 ; as depending on nourishment (āhāra — ṭṭhitika,
Literal meaning. — 1. mahājana — kāya a collection of etc.) Sv.64; A ii.145 (with taṇhā, māna, methuna); as needing
people, a crowd S iv.191; v.170; VvA 78; — bala° a great attention: see °parihārika. As saviññāṇaka, having conscious-
crowd Sn p. 105; DhA i.193, 398. — 2. group or division: ness A iv.53= S ii.252=S iii.80, 103, 136, 169; cp. āyu usmā
satta kāyā akaṭā, etc. (seven eternal groups or principles) D ca viññānaṁ yadā kāyaṁ jahant' imaṁ S iii.143. As in need
i.56=M i.517=S iii.211 (in Pakudha Kaccāyana's theory); with of breathing assāsa — passāsa S v.330, 336; as tired, fatigued
reference to groups of sensations or sense — organs, as vedanā (kilanta — kāya) kilanta — kāyā kilanta — cittā te devā tamhā
— kāya, saññā°, viññāṇa°, phassa°, etc. S iii.60, 61; D iii.243, kāyā cavanti "tired in body, tired in mind these gods fall out of
244; taṇhā° D iii.244; appl. to hatthi°, ratha°, patti°, groups of this assembly" (D i.20; iii.32≈); in other connection PvA 43;
elephants, carriages or soldiers S i.72. — A good idea of the see also kilanta. kāyo kilanto D iii.255 sq.;=A iv.332; S v.317;
extensive meaning of kāya may be gathered from the classifi- M i.116; jiṇṇassa me... kāyo na paleti Sn 1144; ātura — kāyo
cation of the 7 kāyas at J ii.91, viz. camma°, dāru°, loha°, ayo°, S iii.1 (cittaṁ anāturaṁ); paripuṇṇa — k° suruci sujāto, etc.,
vāluka°, udaka°, phalaka°, or "bodies" (great masses, sub- with a perfect body (of the Buddha) Sn 548= Th 1, 818; cp.
stances) of skin, wood, copper, iron, sand, water, and planks. mahā — k° (of Brahmins) Sn 298. The body of a Buddha is
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— Var. other comb : Asura° A i.143; D iii.7; Ābhassara° said to be endowed with the 32 signs of a great man: Bhaga-
("world of radiance") D i.17=iii.29, 84; Deva° S i.27, 30; D vato kāye dvattiṁsa mahāpurisa — lakkhaṇāni... Sn p. 107,

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